1 Day Tour from Kanazawa: Eiheiji Temple and Fukui City Castle Town
- Walk around the castle town of Fukui, with an interesting “rainbow” shrine and castle walls
- Enter a two different rooms that were moved from the castle to a temple and were actually used by daimyos over 150 years ago
- Climb the small Atagozaka to get the best views of the recently changed view of the skyline of Fukui City
- Explore stunning Eiheiji Temple, one of the head Zen Buddhist temples with its beautiful mixture of centuries old cedar trees and Japanese architecture
What to expect
Often overlooked when travelers head along the Sea of Japan, Fukui is another one of Japan’s prefectures that has as much history and natural beauty as any other. As the entrance to the Hokuriku region, Fukui has served as a crossroads for many important wars and trade routes throughout Japanese history. This tour will have you walk by the castle and also a temple where buildings form the former castle were moved, get stunning views of the modern city skyline from a hill with over a thousand years of history and dive into one of the head temples of Zen Buddhism in an idyllic mountain setting. Let’s dive deep into lesser traveled area of Japan that leave you wanting to come back to Fukui for more.
Reviews
It was a very nice experience, my absolute highlight was meeting a monk from the daimyo's room. He explained everything thoroughly and was so deep in conversation with him and marveling at everything 😲 that I forgot to take pictures😅. But I will never forget this experience!!! The tour guide was very nice and helpful. He recommended a few souvenir shops that I could visit. We ate together, his recommendation was rice with pork dipped in a sauce with misu soup😋 The visit to the temple was very exciting and informative. I was lucky enough to see a few monks (in training) going about their daily lives in the temple. I would recommend this tour to anyone who would like to learn about the history and religion of Fukui. The tour guide is very knowledgeable about the history, the temple and religion, and about Japan in general.
Garrett was an excellent tour guide. His knowledge of the various sites and surroundings was impressive as well as his speaking and translation skills. The highlight of our tour was visiting Zengenji Temple and getting a behind the scenes tour of the temple as well as talking with the monk and being able to ask questions. We highly recommend this tour and having Garrett as a tour guide for American visitors.
the guide, Mike has been one of the well informed guide sharing the rich history of the places we have visited. the highlight is the old temple - Zuigenji.
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